440: Looking for a mount

The commendation ceremony proceeded very smoothly, and Cheng Gong and other Researchers, under Gu Qingyuan's treatment, all recovered successfully and received their commendations.

Gu Qinghan also experienced what it felt like to be publicly executed for the first time; he felt like he was back in elementary school, being called to the stage to read an essay.

However, despite facing many gazes, Gu Qinghan did not show the slightest fear.

This celebration lasted for several hours, only dispersing around noon.

Today, Shangjing Base offered completely free food and entertainment, and many people were immersed in joy.

But Gu Qinghan was not; he was called into a conference room, where he found that the generals of Shangjing Base were already there.

At this stage, the generals, besides possessing excellent management skills, were basically all the strongest individuals in Shangjing Base.

Seeing Gu Qinghan take his seat, Zheng Shanhai, who was in charge, cleared his throat and said:

"Since everyone is here, let's get straight to the point.

I believe everyone heard the news this morning: an immortal grade secret realm has opened.

Although Shangjing Base also has two secret realm keys that can open immortal grade secret realms, whether we should make them public and how much we should charge is still uncertain.

Therefore, we must enter this public secret realm. Does anyone have any objections?"

Zheng Shanhai's gaze swept around, and as expected, not a single person objected.

Everyone understood that at a time like this, if they didn't seize every opportunity to grow stronger, they would gradually fall behind.

Even if these opportunities for growth came with considerable risks, they had to strive for them.

Seeing no objections, Zheng Shanhai continued:

"Since everyone shares my view, we now need to discuss many issues.

This time, we need to decide how many people to send into this secret realm, and how to allocate the strength of the personnel entering the secret realm."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Tian was the first to say:

"Actually, I think we shouldn't send all our strong individuals in.

While an immortal grade secret realm is tempting, the risks within it are also highly unpredictable.

A immortal grade secret realm like the Time Rift should be an anomaly, and we should prepare for the worst.

Each person can only enter and exit the same secret realm once, so we need to consider carefully.

Let a portion of our strong individuals enter first, and if there are no major problems, we can send different people into the secret realm next time."

Chu Tian's suggestion was very pertinent and received support from many.

However, soon, someone came forward to add:

"We can have that Secret Realm Peeker check the situation inside the secret realm, and then select the most suitable people to go in."

"Right, the draconic Mutated Creatures and monsters around also need people to deal with them."

"I won't go, I suppose; the Demon Contractor Gathering Place to the north has been a bit restless lately, and it's a good source of Demonic Power for us."

The generals discussed animatedly, but soon, they all turned their gaze towards Gu Qinghan.

Gu Qinghan, who was listening to everyone chat, suddenly paused, asking somewhat bewildered:

"Why are you all looking at me? Please continue?"

Chu Tian looked at Gu Qinghan and said seriously:

"Actually, we called you over because we wanted to ask about your understanding of secret realms.

After all, Shangjing Base previously only had Secret Realm Peekers enter secret realms; no strong individuals who entered alone ever came out alive."

Gu Qinghan suddenly understood, then thought for a moment before saying:

"Actually, a secret realm, as an existence, can be understood as a separate world.

In these separate worlds, some things beyond our comprehension might appear.

The strongest monster in a secret realm is called the Lord of the Secret Realm; gaining the Lord of the Secret Realm's approval or killing it should allow one to control that secret realm.

I don't know the method of leaving yet, but there should be a way to leave the secret realm without dying.

But what that specific method is, I still don't know.

And I advise you not to provoke the Lord of the Secret Realm if you have nothing to do; the power of those existences is not something ordinary people can comprehend."

Chu Tian raised an eyebrow: "Should?"

Gu Qinghan nodded: "That's right, because I haven't killed a Lord of the Secret Realm either."

Just kidding, at that time, the Source Worm, like a mountain, lay there, leaving Gu Qinghan with almost no desire to fight.

And at that time, the Insect Tide Secret Realm was merely a diamond-grade secret realm, yet that Source Worm was already that strong.

The Lord of the Secret Realm in an immortal grade secret realm would definitely be outrageously strong.

After hearing Gu Qinghan's words, everyone fell silent.

Gu Qinghan's information was indeed useful, but its utility was not too great.

However, for Gu Qinghan to say that something was unimaginably strong, the power of the Lord of the Secret Realm was absolutely beyond doubt.

Thinking of this, Chu Tian said to everyone:

"When selecting people to enter the secret realm later, the message to avoid the Lord of the Secret Realm must be heavily emphasized.

Our primary goal in entering is to gather as much information as possible from the secret realm.

Most importantly, it is to understand the method of safely leaving the secret realm.

Of course, under the premise of ensuring safety, it would be even better to gain some benefits."

Everyone nodded; Gu Qinghan's words were like a basin of cold water, gradually calming their previously somewhat excited moods.

At this moment, someone asked: "Can we get out with a teleportation scroll?"

Gu Qinghan shook his head: "No, I tried it."

That person wasn't disappointed; in fact, he knew the answer from the start.

After all, if entering a secret realm was that simple, Gu Qinghan wouldn't have made so many preparations back then.

The generals were still discussing, while Gu Qinghan quietly listened from the side.

He understood that Zheng Shanhai had called him over to let him understand the basic tactics and strategies.

Gu Qinghan was not a lone wolf now; he now had people from Whale Fall City to manage.

And the discussions of these generals would definitely help Gu Qinghan.

When the meeting was almost over, all the generals except Gu Qinghan and Chu Tian left the conference room.

Zheng Shanhai also smiled at Gu Qinghan, joking:

"If the strong individuals from Whale Fall City encounter people from Shangjing Base in the secret realm later, please don't make a move!"

Gu Qinghan smiled and nodded, then said:

"I still have some things to do; I can only enter the secret realm after handling them.

But Uncle Hai, rest assured, Whale Fall City and Shangjing Base are definitely allies, we can discuss a code word then."

Zheng Shanhai nodded; this was exactly what he wanted to see.

However, he was a bit curious, and after a second of hesitation, he asked:

"What could make you forgo priority entry into the secret realm? Are you going to hunt that astonishing Giant Whale?"

Gu Qinghan nodded; he had already told him about the Dragonmen and the great whale.

But before he went, he also needed to catch some mounts for his Death Knights.

"Uncle Hai, did you get a result on the matter I asked about last night?"